A few weeks ago, I mentioned to you how a friend of mine said she would never be happy with her body and how utterly sad I was, and still am, for her. Well, after discussing my personal training services with a few other friends who asked me about it, one of them said to me: “I don’t work out; that must make you mad.”

And then she stood there and waited for my reaction. As if I was supposed to explode in an angry tirade on her, confirming her assumption of my emotions.


Now, yes, while I did, and do, have many emotions on this comment, anger is not one of them. Rather, I feel:

Sad that you’ll never know how far you can truly push yourself. How fast and strong your body can be and how completely liberating and empowering those two things can feel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN7lt0CYwHg

Frustrated that you can make such a matter-of-fact statement with so little thought for how it will impact you and more thought on it impacts me.

Worried that your health will decline faster than you would hope. That you’ll develop osteoporosis, diabetes, heart disease, and hypertension if you don’t move more.

Scared that you’ll learn the mental, physical, and emotional benefits of exercise late in life, when it is possibly too late, or when you’ll possibly regret not having tried it earlier.

Disappointed that your idea of what a workout is seems to be daunting when a “workout” can be as simple as fast walking for 10 minutes or dancing it out to a short playlist.

Hopeful that you’ll find a way to move that makes you happy, keeps you healthy, and makes you feel good.

Happy that you’re thinking about how your actions might affect others and maybe those others (kids, spouses, friends) will show you the importance of being as healthy as possible and spark you to make a change.

But you see, anger is not on this list. Do your body good, my friends, workout. Whatever that means to you. Find what you enjoy and get up and do it. Your body, mind, and soul will thank you for it.

RQ: What’s your favorite way to move?

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